I invented the Apple dance! The woman behind Brat summer’s viral choreography

Kelley Heyer says she came up with the Charli xcx-inspired routine – adopted by everyone from Joe Jonas to Brooke Shields – ‘on a whim’

It is only slightly hyperbolic to say that everyone’s doing the Apple dance. Set to a song from Charli xcx’s summer-defining album Brat, the choreography has taken over TikTok, late-night television and beyond. Charli herself has done it, as have the stars of Twisters, Brooke Shields, Joe Jonas and Stephen Colbert.

Its popularity lies in its simplicity: a breezy, but easily replicable little dance that includes some body rolls, hands on hips, and holding an imaginary apple above one’s head. #Amishtiktok is on board, as evidenced by three girls in traditional garb dancing in a field, who, when the choreo calls for mimicking driving a car, imitate operating a horse and buggy instead.